GCSE Medicine Booklet 1 Flashcards
(33 cards)
What percentage of chidren, in medieval times, died before the age of seven?
30%
How did medieval people try to cure rheumatism?
Wear a donkey skin
Name a 10th century medical text
Bald’s Leechbook?
What theory did Hippocrates establish?
The Four Humours
How did Hippocrates influence later medicine?
He wrote 60 books and his ideas were used in Western medicine for centuries
Where did Galen learn about anatomy?
He worked in a gladiator school, in Rome, treating injuries
How did Galen affect later medicine?
His books were used as university text books and they taught dissection
Which Arab doctor wrote the first description of smallpox symptoms?
Rhazes
Which Arab doctor wrote the book called ___ ____ __ _______ and ___ _____ __ ________?
The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine, Avicenna
What medical equipment did Islamic doctors invent?
Stitching and scalpels
What are the Four Humours?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile
Some people believed that God made diseases but also provided herbal cures. What was this idea called?
The Doctrine of Signatures
What herb was used to break up kidney stones?
Saxifrage
Who carried out minor operations such as pulling teeth?
A Barber-surgeon
What were the two main charts used by physicians to diagnose illness?
Urine charts and Zodiac charts
Which women would provide medical care in medieval times?
the lady of the manor
What did people believed caused tooth ache?
A tooth worm
How many hospitals did the church set up in the 12th and 13th centuries?
160
What places of learning did the Church help to establish?
The church set up university schools of medicine in Europe where physicians were trained using the texts of Galen and Hippocrates
What scientist was arrested for opposing Galen’s work
Roger Bacon
What was cauterisation?
Cauterisation, where very hot metal was applied to wounds to stop bleeding and was often painful or fatal
What diagram was used to treat wounds caused by weapons?
The Woundman
What medieval hospital helped pregnant women?
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London ,1123
Why were medieval towns so unhealthy?
No waste disposal, contaminated rivers, cesspits for human waste next to wells
